2025 MAMA Awards

2025 MAMA Awards
Date	November 28–29, 2025
Venue	Kai Tak Stadium, Hong Kong
Presented by	Visa
Hosted by	Park Bo-gum (Nov 28) Kim Hye-Soo (Nov 29)
Website	2025 MAMA Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	Mnet, TVING, and global broadcasting partners
←  2024  · MAMA

The 2025 MAMA Awards will take place on November 28 and 29 at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong. Actor and singer Park Bo-gum will host the first day of the show, while actress Kim Hye-soo will host the second day. It will be broadcast through Mnet, TVING, and will be livestreamed through HBO Max for the first time.

Background

The ceremony is organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet. ^[1] The theme for the 27th edition of the show is "Hear My Roar: uh-heung," a Korean expression meaning fun or excitement. ^[2]

Selection process

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025. ^{[3] [4]}

Criteria for 2024 MAMA Awards nominations

Category	Digital sales (Download + Streaming)	Record sales	Online voting	Judges panel evaluations
Artist of the Year	30% (20% Korea + 10% Global)	30%	N/A	40%
Categories by Artist [A]
Song of the Year	60% (40% Korea + 20% Global)	N/A		40%
Categories by Genre [B]
Album of the Year	N/A	60%	N/A	40%
Best Music Video & Best Choreography	N/A			100%
Fans' Choice Categories	N/A		100% (90% Mnet Plus + 10% X/Twitter Votes)	N/A
Data Sources: Circle Chart (Domestic/Global Song Streaming/Downloads, Album Sales), X (SNS Voting Data)

Round 1 voting for Fans' Choice Male & Female started on October 16, 7 PM KST until October 26, 11:59 PM KST. Round 2 voting together with Fans' Choice of the Year is to be conducted from October 30, 6 PM KST until November 10, 11:59 PM KST. Voting for Fans' Choice of the Year will reopen during the live broadcast on November 28.

Performers

The first line-up of performers were announced on October 17. ^[5] The second line-up were announced on October 20. ^[6]

Chapter 1 (November 28)

Performances for Day 1

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed	Theme
Alpha Drive One	TBA	TBA
Babymonster	TBA	TBA
BoyNextDoor	TBA	TBA
Bumsup	TBA	TBA
Enhypen	TBA	TBA
Ive	TBA	TBA
Hearts2Hearts	TBA	TBA
Meovv	TBA	TBA
Super Junior	TBA	TBA
TWS	TBA	TBA
I-dle	TBA	TBA
Mirror	TBA	TBA
NCT Wish	TBA	TBA
Treasure	TBA	TBA

Chapter 2 (November 29)

Performances for Day 2

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed	Theme
AllDay Project	TBA	TBA
Cortis	TBA	TBA
Izna	TBA	TBA
KickFlip	TBA	TBA
Riize	TBA	TBA
Stray Kids	TBA	TBA
Zerobaseone	TBA	TBA
Tomorrow X Together	TBA	TBA
Aespa	TBA	TBA
G-Dragon	TBA	TBA
Idid	TBA	TBA
JO1	TBA	TBA
Kyoka	TBA	TBA

Presenters

2025 MAMA Awards hosts

Park Bo-gum

Kim Hye-soo

Park Bo-gum and Kim Hye-soo were announced as the hosts of the ceremony in late October. ^[7] The line-up of presenters was announced on November 4. ^[8]

• Park Bo-gum – Main ceremony host (November 28)
• Kim Hye-soo – Main ceremony host (November 29)
• Go Youn-jung
• Noh Sang-hyun
• Roh Yoon-seo
• Park Hyung-sik
• Shin Seung-hun
• Shin Ye-eun
• Hyun Ji Shin
• Ahn Eun-jin
• Ahn Hyo-seop
• Lee Kwang-soo
• Lee Do-hyun
• Lee Soo-hyuk
• Lee Jun-young
• Im Si-wan
• Jang Do-yeon
• Jeon Yeo-been
• Jo Yuri
• Cho Han-gyeol
• Ju Ji-hoon
• Cha Joo-young
• Choi Dae-hoon
• Lee Hye-ri

Winner and nominees

The list of nominees was announced via livestream on October 16, 2025, and voting for Fans' Choice started shortly after. ^[9] Nominees are listed in alphanumerical order.

Grand prize

Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Song of the Year (Daesang)
List of longlisted nominees Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Babymonster Baby Don't Cry Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Close Your Eyes Cortis Enhypen G-Dragon Hearts2Hearts I-dle Idid Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KickFlip KiiiKiii Le Sserafim Mark Riize Rosé Seventeen Stray Kids Taeyeon Tomorrow X Together Twice Yuqi Zerobaseone	List of longlisted nominees Aespa – "Dirty Work" Aespa – "Whiplash" AllDay Project – "Famous" AllDay Project – "Wicked" Babymonster – "Drip" Big Naughty – "Music" (feat. Lee Chan-hyuk) Blackpink – "Jump" BoyNextDoor – "If I Say, I Love You" BoyNextDoor – "Never Loved this Way Before" CNBLUE – "A Sleepless Night" Cortis – "Go!" Davichi – "Stitching" Day6 – "Maybe Tomorrow" Dayoung – "Body" Doyoung – "Memory" Dynamic Duo and Gummy – "Take Care" G-Dragon – "Too Bad" (feat. Anderson .Paak) Haon – "Skrr" (feat. Giselle) Highlight – "Endless Ending" Huntr/x – "Golden" Illit – "Cherish (My Love)" Ive – "Rebel Heart" J-Hope – "Mona Lisa" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Jennie – "Zen" Jennie and Doechii – "ExtraL" Jisoo – "Earthquake" Kai – "Wait on Me" Karina – "Up" Key – "Hunter" Le Sserafim – "Hot" Lee Chan-hyuk – "Vivid LaLa Love" Lee Mu-jin – "Coming of Age Story" Mark – "1999" Mark – "Fraktsiya" (feat. Lee Young-ji) Meovv – "Drop Top" Minnie – "Her" N.Flying – "Everlasting" NCT Dream – "When I'm With You" NCT Wish – "Poppop" Park Hyo-shin – "Hero" PH-1 – "Life Is A Movie" (feat. Jung Ji-so) Plave – "Dash" QWER – "Dear" Riize – "Fly Up" Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt." Roy Kim – "If You Ask Me What Love Is" Saja Boys – "Soda Pop" Seventeen – "Thunder" Tablo and RM – "Stop the Rain" Taeyeon – "Letter to Myself" Tomorrow X Together – "When the Day Comes" Treasure – "Yellow" TWS – "Countdown!" V and Park Hyo-shin – "Winter Ahead" Xdinary Heroes – "Beautiful Life" Zerobaseone – "Doctor! Doctor!"
Album of the Year (Daesang)	Fans' Choice of the Year (Daesang)
List of longlisted nominees Aespa – Whiplash Ateez – Golden Hour: Part.2 Babymonster – Drip Baekhyun – Essence of Reverie BoyNextDoor – No Genre Enhypen – Desire: Unleash G-Dragon – Übermensch I-dle – We Are Ive – Ive Empathy Jin – Happy NCT Dream – Dreamscape NCT Wish – Color Plave – Caligo Pt.1 Riize – Odyssey Seventeen – Spill the Feels Stray Kids – Karma Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Together Zerobaseone – Never Say Never	List of longlisted nominees Aespa AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun Blackpink BoA BoyNextDoor Bibi Cortis Enhypen G-Dragon Got7 Hearts2Hearts I-dle Illit Irene Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jin Kai Le Sserafim NCT Dream NCT Wish Nmixx Plave Riize Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Treasure Twice TWS Unis Wendy Yena Zerobaseone

Main awards

Best Male Group	Best Female Group
BoyNextDoor Enhypen Riize Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Zerobaseone	Aespa Babymonster I-dle Ive Le Sserafim Twice
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Baekhyun G-Dragon J-Hope Jin Mark	Jennie Jisoo Rosé Taeyeon Yuqi
Best Dance Performance – Male Group	Best Dance Performance – Female Group
BoyNextDoor – "If I Say, I Love You" NCT Dream – "When I'm With You" NCT Wish – "Poppop" Plave – "Dash" Riize – "Fly Up" Seventeen – "Thunder" TWS – "Countdown!"	Aespa – "Whiplash" Babymonster – "Drip" Blackpink – "Jump" Illit – "Cherish (My Love)" Ive – "Rebel Heart" Le Sserafim – "Hot"
Best Vocal Performance – Solo	Best Vocal Performance – Group
Doyoung – "Memory" Lee Mu-jin – "Coming of Age Story" Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Roy Kim – "If You Ask Me What Love Is" Taeyeon – "Letter to Myself"	Davichi – "Stitching" Highlight – "Endless Ending" Meovv – "Drop Top" Treasure – "Yellow" Zerobaseone – "Doctor! Doctor!"
Best Dance Performance – Male Solo	Best Dance Performance – Female Solo
G-Dragon – "Too Bad" (feat. Anderson .Paak) J-Hope – "Mona Lisa" Kai – "Wait on Me" Key – "Hunter" Mark – "1999"	Dayoung – "Body" Minnie – "Her" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Jisoo – "Earthquake" Karina – "Up"
Best New Artist
AHOF AllDay Project Baby Don't Cry Close Your Eyes Cortis Hearts2Hearts Idid Izna KickFlip KiiiKiii
Best OST	Best Band Performance
BoyNextDoor – "Never Loved this Way Before" (from Odd Girl Out) Huntr/x – "Golden" (from KPop Demon Hunters ) Park Hyo-shin – "Hero" (from The Firefighters ) Saja Boys – "Soda Pop" (from KPop Demon Hunters) Tomorrow X Together – "When the Day Comes" (from Resident Playbook )	CNBLUE – "A Sleepless Night" Day6 – "Maybe Tomorrow" N.Flying – "Everlasting" QWER – "Dear" Xdinary Heroes – "Beautiful Life"
Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance	Best Collaboration
Big Naughty – "Music" (feat. Lee Chan-hyuk) Dynamic Duo and Gummy – "Take Care" Haon – "Skrr" (feat. Giselle) PH-1 – "Life Is A Movie" (feat. Jung Ji-so) Tablo and RM – "Stop the Rain"	G-Dragon – "Too Bad" (feat. Anderson .Paak) Jennie and Doechii – "ExtraL" Mark – "Fraktsiya" (feat. Lee Young-ji) Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt." V and Park Hyo-shin – "Winter Ahead"
Best Music Video	Best Choreography
Aespa – "Dirty Work" AllDay Project – "Famous" Blackpink – "Jump" Jennie – "Zen" Lee Chan-hyuk – "Vivid LaLa Love"	Aespa – "Whiplash" AllDay Project – "Wicked" Cortis – "Go!" G-Dragon – "Too Bad" (feat. Anderson .Paak) Jennie – "Like Jennie"

Popularity awards

Fans' Choice Top 10 – Female	Fans' Choice Top 10 – Male
List of nominees Aespa AllDay Project Apink Artms AtHeart Baby Don't Cry Babymonster Billlie Bibi Blackpink BoA BOL4 Chungha Chuu Davichi Fifty Fifty Fromis 9 H1-Key Hearts2Hearts Hwasa Hyolyn I-dle Illit Irene IU IVE Itzy Izna Jeon Somi Joy Kard Kep1er KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Meovv NiziU Nmixx Oh My Girl QWER Say My Name Seulgi STAYC Taeyeon TripleS Twice Unis Viviz Wendy Yena	List of nominees 10cm 82Major 8turn AB6IX AHOF Ampers&One ARrC Astro Ateez Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BtoB Close Your Eyes CNBLUE Cortis Cravity Daesung Day6 D.O Doyoung Enhypen Epik High Evnne G-Dragon Got7 Idid J-Hope Jin Jay Park Kai KickFlip Lee Mu-jin N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz P1Harmony Plave Riize Seventeen Shinee Stray Kids Super Junior TIOT Tomorrow X Together Treasure TWS WayV Xdinary Heroes Zerobaseone
Worldwide KCONER's Choice
BoyNextDoor – "Nice Guy" Cravity – "Now or Never" HxW – "Bring It" Izna – "Sign" JO1 – "Be Classic" NCT 127 – "Whiplash" P1Harmony – "Duh" Riize – "Bag Bad Back" TWS – "Countdown!" Zerobaseone – "Blue"

Broadcast

Region	Network
Worldwide	YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) & Mnet Plus
South Korea	Mnet, TVING
Japan	Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+
Indonesia	tvN Asia, MNCTV, GTV, RCTI, Maxstream & Allplay Ent.
Philippines	tvN Asia, HBO Max [10]
Singapore	tvN Asia
Malaysia
Maldives
Myanmar
Hong Kong	tvN Asia, TVB Jade, TVB Pearl
Taiwan	tvN Asia, Gala Television

Notes

1. Consists of Best New Male & Female Artist, Best Male & Female Artist, and Best Male & Female Group
2. Consists of Best Dance Performance – Male & Female Solo & Group, Best Vocal Performance – Solo & Group, Best Rap & Hip Hop Music, Best Collaboration, and Best OST

References

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3. Park, Seo-hyun (October 16, 2025). '2025 MAMA AWARDS' 오늘(16일) 노미네이션 발표...1차 투표 시작 ['2025 MAMA AWARDS' announced today (16th) nominations... Start of the first round of voting] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025– via Nate.
4. @MnetMAMA (October 16, 2025). "[#2025MAMA] FANS' CHOICE MALE/FEMALE Category Voting Notice Are you ready to vote for your artists? Please check the Judging Overview & Voting Platform of 2025 MAMA AWARDS!" (Tweet) (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025– via Twitter.
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7. Hosts:
   • Choi, Lee-jung (October 29, 2025). "Park Bo-gum to Host 2025 MAMA Awards". The Chosun Ilbo . Archived from the original on November 5, 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
   • Jeon, Hyo-jin (October 31, 2025). 김혜수, ‘2025 MAMA AWARDS’ 호스트 확정 [Kim Hye-soo confirmed as host of '2025 MAMA AWARDS'] (in Korean). Sports Dong-A. Archived from the original on November 5, 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2025– via Naver.
8. Park, Jae-hwan (November 5, 2025). MAMA AWARDS, K-콘텐츠 주역 총출동... 초호화 라인업 공개 [MAMA AWARDS, K-content protagonists are all present... Unveiling the ultra-luxurious lineup] (in Korean). KBS. Archived from the original on November 5, 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2025– via Naver.
9. Fung, Raine (October 16, 2025). "2025 MAMA AWARDS nominations announced". The Standard . Archived from the original on October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
10. Bernardo, Jaehwa (October 28, 2025). "HBO Max to stream 2025 MAMA Awards". ABS-CBN News.

External links

• Official website